The Grudge 3 (2009)

Get ready for another "Grudge" of Kayako and Toshio in "The Grudge 3". If you’re a fan of this franchise, you’re in luck, because Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures is putting out “The Grudge 3″, which directly to DVD this time. During Comic Con 06, Sony first officially announced plans of creating the sequel. Takashi Shimizu stated he was offered to direct the sequel but would rather produce the film instead. Moviehole reported that the film was putting out a casting call for new actors to play Kayako and Toshio, since Takako Fuji (Kayako) and Yuya Ozeki (Toshio) have passed on the opportunity.

Here's the plot: A compassionate psychiatrist beaming with intelligence, Dr. Sullivan is in charge of treating Jake, a terribly disturbed boy following the massacre of his family. He vehemently believes that the woman who killed his family will find and kill him as well. Not a superstitious woman, Dr. Sullivan believes it is all in Jake's mind, until she witnesses the unthinkable. Thus begins her research into his family's death and a Japanese curse that she comes to believe is real and very much alive. With Naoko,a Japanese woman, Max, the big brother of her patient Jake and Lisa, a younger sister of Karen and Aubrey, she confronts the ghost of Kayako to save her soul from her impending tragic fate.

Starring Shawnee Smith, Marina Sirtis, Johanna E. Braddy, Beau Mirchoff, Gil McKinney, Aiko Horiuchi, Matthew Knight, and Emi Ikehata. Toby Wilkins (”Splinter”) taking Takashi Shimizu's place to directs. the direct-to-dvd sequel will be released in March 2009, meanwhile the trailer has recently been released and you can check it out below.

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Infected (2009)

From Twitch, here we have a preview for the upcoming directors Niko Pueringor and Sam Gorski’s "Infected" - the scifi horror hybrid feature length debut from the core team behind indie short "Greenside". The film tells the story of a group of researchers sent to a remote island where experimental research has unleashed an anamorphic creature with the ability to move quickly from host to host - hence the film’s title - destroying everything in its path.
The film is also scripted by Simon Boyes (the guy that wrote The Devil's Chair and Blood River). Check the amazing poster below.

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I Sell the Dead

"I Sell the Dead" had been showed at the Sitges Film Festrival and the Toronto After Dark Film Festival recently. But the US release date for the film hasn't announced yet.

The story revolves around body snatchers Arthur Blake (Dominic Monaghan) and Willie Grimes (Larry Fessenden), who have pillaged their last grave. With just five hours before Arthur follows Willie to the chopping block, he recounts his life story and it soon becomes clear that they were no ordinary grave robbers and that not all corpses are equal.

The trailer is below...

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